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• KRATORNAS Announces “Ravaged by Hurakaan” Vinyl and Cassette Demo Ahead of Upcoming Album "God of the Tribes" Out August 2025

  Apr 21, 2025 Fistoffreedom 0 Comments

   

  Saskatoon, Canada's Kratornas is set to unleash a special vinyl demo on May 20th and remix cassette on May 30th, 2025, through Grathila Records. These releases serve as a prelude to the highly anticipated full-length album “God of the Tribes,” scheduled for release on August 20th, 2025. The mastermind behind Kratornas comments:

  "This album marks a turning point for KRATORNAS. Not because it tries to be “different” but because it couldn’t have come out any other way. Every part of this release came together naturally. The sound, the pacing, the tension... it wrote itself, shaped by instinct and intention. This album is unlike the usual Kratornas, so anyone expecting it to sound like “early Kratornas” will be disappointed.

  The 7" vinyl demo features “Ravaged by Hurakaan” on Side A, with Side B containing an instrumental “Drum and Bass” version of the same track. This vinyl-exclusive release will not be available in digital format, making it a true collector's item for dedicated fans. Simultaneously, Kratornas will release a remix of the track on cassette. Both the vinyl and the upcoming album were mastered by Dan Swanö (Edge of Sanity).

  "Ravaged by Hurakaan" serves as track #3 on the upcoming full-length album "God of the Tribes," giving fans an early taste of what to expect from the new material. Unlike previous Kratornas releases known for their "superfast brutality," this new material focuses on build-up and atmosphere, showcasing a significant evolution in sound.

  The new material features previously unexplored instrumentation, including a 7-string guitar for L/R channels and a 6-string fretless bass, moving away from blast beats and heavily distorted guitars toward a more nuanced approach. Black Metal fans, especially those with an interest in “being progressive”, should take note.

  Vinyl and cassette pre-orders are available at https://kratornas.bandcamp.com/album/ravaged-by-hurakaan-7ep-2025​

  Vinyl Track Listing :​
  ​Side A: "Ravaged by Hurakaan" – demo/rough mix of track #3 from the upcoming album "God of the Tribes"
  ​Side B: "Drum and Bass" Instrumental of track #3 from the upcoming album "God of the Tribes"
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  ​The cassette - KRATORNAS - Ravaged by Hurakaan (QUE DIABLO Remix) featuring DJ Aromaz
  Track Listing:
  Cassette Side A: (28 Minutes)
  1. Ravaged by Hurakaan (Que Diablo remix featuring DJ Amoraz) [2025]
  2. Ravaged by Hurakaan (Demo/Rough Mix from 7" vinyl) [2025]
  3. Spit on God (2016/Sub Mix) *
  4. Human Livestock (2019/Bulldozer Version) *
  5. Three Unclean Spirits (2009) *
  * = additional tracks to fill a C60. Mixed “exclusively” for this Cassette.
  ​Cassette Side B: (29 Minutes)
  6. Swarm of Rattlesnakes (2015/Meditative Ambient)

  Vinyl / Cassette Credits:​
  Performed, Produced, Recorded, and Mixed by Bruno Zamora
  All Lyrics and Music written by Bruno Zamora
  Layout and Cover Artwork by Bruno Zamora

  For more info: https://www.facebook.com/officialkratornas

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• GRAVEMASS (ft. members of Zimmers Hole, 3 Inches of Blood, Revocation) Unleashes A Feast of Darkness w/ New Video "Fallen"

  Apr 18, 2025 Fistoffreedom 0 Comments

   

  Constantly evolving to explore the darkness and brutality, Canada's newest black / death metal demons GraveMass (ft. members from Zimmers Hole, The Golers, Punch Drunk, 3 Inches of Blood, Revocation), are unshackling their next single and video "Fallen". The track is a journey into the darker truth of fallen angels and the embodiment of that sinister truth.

  Aggressive, brutal, and driving, the song will be featured on GraveMass' forthcoming debut album for release later this year. The full-length is written by Mayan Hate, with lyrics by Lorde Heathen, and promises to be a masterclass in extreme death metal, capturing the true spirit of Canadian black metal.

  GraveMass comments on this next preview of their debut full-length:

  "The fans are hungry for new material, and this one is a feast. We bring the listener into our world, our experience, our message. A fresh slab of darkness. The soundtrack for the madness that is the current human condition. Enjoy this journey into the unrelenting brutality that is Gravemass."

   

  Spotify - https://spoti.fi/4inBmVd​

  Emerging from the depths of the Canadian West Coast metal scene, GraveMass is set to redefine extreme death metal and black metal with their fierce and unrelenting sound. Embodying the essence of sonic brutality with their sinister riffs, bone-crushing rhythms, and unholy vocals. Drawing inspiration from legends like Slayer, Venom, Morbid Angel, Watain, and Napalm Death, GraveMass is a relentless onslaught of evil, guaranteed to leave a lasting impact on any listener. With decades of experience between its members, they have united to create a sound that is both devastating and true to the roots of black metal.

  Prepare yourself for the extreme sonic assault of GraveMass – this is just the beginning.​

  Digital singles available at https://gravemass.bandcamp.com/​

  More info: Gravemass.com | Facebook.com/people/Grave-Mass/61556695854887/ | Instagram.com/gravemass1

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• THESE CURSED HANDS Conjure An Amalgamation Of Metal Genres In New Video For “Perihelion”

  Mar 28, 2025 Fistoffreedom 0 Comments

   

  Emerging from Portland, OR's thriving metal underground, These Cursed Hands has unveiled a visually stunning new video for “Perihelion”, a track from their conceptual EP “Intelligent (RE)Design”, released in November 2024.

  These Cursed Hands continue to push the boundaries of modern metal, crafting a distinctive sound that seamlessly fuses black, progressive, core, death, and thrash metal elements. Their latest EP weaves a dark narrative of divine beings who, weary of humanity's existence, engineer a cybernetic fungal evolution through possessive spores. The theme draws inspiration from “The Terminator”, “The Last of Us”, and “Resident Evil” while incorporating themes from Norse mythology, Christianity, and Satanism. They comment on the track and the album:

  “Musically this album is a dynamic array of sounds and styles, featuring everything from melodic death and black metal to chunky deathcore and brutal death, with even some more ambient sections to haunt the listener. Perihelion is our most structurally complex song, moving between haunting ambiance, crushing death metal, and deathcore riffs.”

  These Cursed Hands has earned a reputation for their electrifying live performances, featuring programmed lighting, theatrical props, masks, and raw energy that transforms venues into apocalyptic landscapes. Their vocal aggression, earthshaking heaviness, explosive rhythm, and face-melting riffage regularly annihilate whole audiences, leaving only ashen smears where fans once stood. As the sun rises on these scenes of sonic devastation, the few remaining survivors will pull themselves from the rubble and spread the cursed word. They are recommended for fans of The Black Dahlia Murder, Dark Tranquility, and Thy Art is Murder.

  Watch and listen to the music video for “Perihelion” via its premiere on Decibel Magazine HERE. ​

  These Cursed Hands' latest EP “Intelligent (RE)Design” is available on Spotify and Thesecursedhands.bandcamp.com​

  Track Listing:​
  1. Advent (opening only) - 0:34
  2. Extermination Revelation – 5:06
  3. Murderous Intent – 4:20
  4. Onset (interlude) - 0:52
  5. Obsolete Beings – 3:27
  6. Perihelion – 5:16
  7. Collapse (interlude) 0:41
  8. Event Horizon – 4:50
  EP Length: 25:11

  All songs performed by:​
  These Cursed Hands (Wesley Griswold, Von-Aldrynne Eslava, Travis Cody)
  All songs written by: These Cursed Hands (Wesley Griswold, Von-Aldrynne Eslava, Travis Cody)
  Produced by: These Cursed Hands
  Mixed by: Seanan McCullough at Helvete Studio
  Mastered by: Seanan McCullough at Helvete Studio
  Album Artwork by: Patrick “Wadl” Hofmeister

  EP and Band Lineup:​
  Wesley Griswold – Guitar
  Travis Cody – Drums
  Von-Aldrynne Eslava – Vox
  Danny Hettum – Bass

  More info: Thesecursedhands.com | Instagram.com/thesecursedhands | Facebook.com/thesecursedhands

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• SYMBIOTIC GROWTH Unleash Progressive Death Album "Beyond The Sleepless Aether"; Mixed and Mastered by Tom Maclean (Haken, Athemon, Brutta)

  Mar 28, 2025 Fistoffreedom 0 Comments

   

  Canadian progressive blackened death unit Symbiotic Growth unleashes their sophomore album "Beyond The Sleepless Aether," now available as of March 28th, 2025. Similar to the band's predecessor, their 2020 self-titled full-length, "Beyond The Sleepless Aether," is once again based in fiction and is lyrically conceptual, but dives more into thoughts and emotions of everyday life, and sometimes those thoughts are hard to deal with.

  "I feel like this time around, the sound is a bit darker and experimental, with more synth-heavy sounds and a melancholy atmosphere. The lyrics were very loosely inspired by a dream I (Aaron) had about the multiverse theory intertwined with some of my challenges of dealing with a sense of being and why we are all here," says Aaron Barriault (Vocals, Guitar, Bass).

  Progressive, experimental, foreboding, and emotional, every song has its own identity and its place within the album's story, taking its protagonist through the multiverse, placing him in places like dark wooded forests, wide open desert landscapes, and the unending cosmos.

  The full-length listening experience tackles strong topics of loneliness, a sense of being, self-hatred, and suicide. Some of these are blatant and easy to see, and others subtly, throughout the course of the album, lyrically and musically.

  "I think the fans who have heard our previous album may be a bit surprised; the sound of this album is a bit different; it's a little bit more experimental in its own way. Either way, we hope that fans enjoy what we've created. I feel like the listener may have feelings of uneasiness and wonder. An odd combination, but I feel like it's fitting.

  Mixed and mastered by Tom Maclean (Twelve Tone Studio, Haken, Athemon, Brutta), "Beyond The Sleepless Aether", features seven paryalzing sounds of technical metal created by the Sudbury, ON recording line up of Aaron Barriault (Vocals, Guitar, Bass), Devin Mcqueen (Vocals, Guitar), and Dan Favot (Drums)(ex-Wolven Ancestry, ex-Fractal Generator). The artwork was created by Erskine Designs and shows an entity standing at the foot of what the band likes to think of as Azathoth.

  "The album doesn't touch on any Lovecraftian mythos (maybe a bit in The Sleepless Void), but the lore behind Azathoth, that we are all in his dream and once he wakes everything will cease to be, is very fitting to the album lyrically," adds Barriault.

  Recommended for fans of Ne Oblivisacaris, Der Weg Einer Freiheit, Cor Scorpii, and Gojira, "Beyond The Sleepless Aether" is available at the following links:

  Spotify - https://spoti.fi/42m1Mlp

  ​Bandcamp - https://symbioticgrowth.bandcamp.com/album/beyond-the-sleepless-aether-3

  Track Listing:​
  1. Of Painted Skies and Dancing Lights - 7:03
  2. Spires Of The Boundless Sunset – 7:28
  3. The Architect Of Annihilation – 10:57
  4. The Sleepless Void – 9:52
  5. Arid Trials and Barren Sands – 7:35
  6. Lost in Fractured Reveries – 8:44
  7. Trading Thoughts For Sleep – 10:02
  Album Length: 1:01:43

  Album Credits:​
  Mixed and Mastered By Tom Maclean of Twelve Tone Studio
  Album Art by Erskine Designs

  Album Band Line Up​
  Aaron Barriault – Vocals, Guitar, Bass
  Devin Mcqueen – Vocals, Guitar
  Dan Favot – Drums

  Live Band Line Up​
  Aaron Barriault - Vocals, Guitar
  Dan Favot - Drums

  For more info: Facebook.com/SymbioticGrowth | Instagram.com/symbioticgrowth​

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• ARTACH Unleash Video "Macha" From New Album "Morrigan...Goddess of War" Out Mid-March 2025

  Mar 11, 2025 Fistoffreedom 0 Comments

   

  Newfoundland, Canada's black metal duo ARTACH announces the release of their latest album "Morrigan...Goddess of War" due out on March 21st, 2025 via Depressive Illusions Records. This third full length represents the band's strongest material yet. It's a relentless assault of blackened thrash metal that captures the intensity and fury the duo have always strived for. From crushing riffs to searing melodies, every track on this release is forged with raw passion.

  "We've poured everything into this record, and we can't wait for fans to experience the full force of Morrigan...Goddess of War." adds Sruthán (Guitar/Bass).

  Today, Artach unveils the lead single "Macha", one of the three songs that are part of the Morrigan trilogy on the album with the songs that also includes "Badb", and "Nemain".

  Sruthán (Guitar/Bass). explains further:

  "Macha, one of the Morrígan, was known for her prophetic visions and her role as a fierce protector of warriors. She is sometimes considered one aspect of the Morrígan, a trio of war goddesses.

  The three goddesses, and what elements they represent, that make up the Morrígan in Irish mythology are:
  Macha – War, sovereignty, horses.
  Badb – Battle, death, chaos.
  Nemain – Frenzy, panic, terror.
  Together, they represent different aspects of war, fate, and destruction in Celtic mythology."

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  Due out March 21, 2025, CD and Cassette for "Morrigan...Goddess of War" will be available from Depressive Illusions at https://depressiveillusions.com/search/node/Artach​

  Artach is a two-man black metal band (Sruthán: Guitar/Bass, Fíochmhar: Battery/Vokills/Keys) based in St. John’s, Newfoundland, Canada. Being from the foggiest, snowiest, wettest, windiest, and gloomiest capital city in Canada, one should not be surprised that this fuels the creation of Black Metal. Their inspiration comes from the land, nature, the bleak weather of the Canadian North, and influential black metal bands.

  Since the duo’s formation in the spring of 2019, Artach has been consistently releasing new music. The band’s debut album “Chronicles of a Black Winter” was released digitally during February 2020 and later unleashed on physical CD by Depressive Illusions Records. In 2021, the band returned with their next offering “Sworn To Avenge”, a full-length scourge of raw and relentless bruting gloom. In 2024, Artach took an experimental direction with the EP "Sgrios", which was a black metal spin on industrial metal sounds.

  Now in 2025, they unleash their third full length offering with "Morrigan...Goddess of War" for release in mid-March.

  Track Listing:​
  1. Badb - 7:08
  2. Macha - 6:06
  3. Nemain - 5:17
  4. Nefarious - 5:21
  5. Nomad - 5:09
  6. Hoarfrost - 4:29
  7. Cloudminders - 4:46
  8. Ride... Die... Immortality - 6:08
  Album Length: 44:28​
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  Artach is:
  Fíochmhar: Battery/Vokills
  Sruthán: Guitar/Bass/Backing Vokills

   

  EP Credits:​
  Cover art by: Awinita Alm
  Album mixed and mastered by Michael Small.
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  ​Follow Artach:​
  ​https://www.facebook.com/ArtachBlackMetal​
  ​https://www.instagram.com/ArtachBlackMetal/​
  ​https://www.youtube.com/@artachband709​
  ​https://artach.bandcamp.com/​

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